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Registered charity · London

Shell Foundation

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £29m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt and more
Website
www.shellfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Shell Foundation
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£29m£33m
  • 2023£23m£30m
  • 2022£27m£25m
Earlier years
  • 2021£19m£21m
  • 2020£24m£34m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD:(1) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH BY MEANS OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (INCLUDING THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) INTO THE PROVISION AND USE OF ENERGY IN WAYS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE HARMFUL EMISSIONS AND IN SUCH OTHER SUBJECTS OF STUDY AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; AND BY OTHER SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT;(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS OR MALE OR FEMALE ADULTS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AT UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY CITIZENS OF COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM;(3) THE ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PERSONS AGED NOT MORE THAN 30 YEARS;(4) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS;(5) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Grants received

2 grants · £7,003,200 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £7,003,200 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £4,000,0002024-04-22
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £3,003,2002024-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 15Professional services 12Business services 7

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£29.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

36 from 25 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1080999
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/05/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/03/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/05/2012
Companies House
Company number 04007273 · Active
Contact on the register
02079342727 · info@shellfoundation.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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